Tag Archives: Body of Christ

Suffering as a Christian — Part 1

Gen­eral suf­fer­ing is a part of the human expe­ri­ence and some­thing we all have to deal with, includ­ing New Cre­ations in Christ. As Chris­tians we are not promised a trouble-free life. Even more, Jesus says that fol­low­ing him will invite addi­tional tribu­la­tion above and beyond that expe­ri­enced of the world. As he puts

Jesus is … “The Way” pt 6

Do you know the way?
If you ask small child, barely able to talk, “where is God?”, they may point upwards. But if you were to ask them, how do you get there? That is not such an easy ques­tion. You can’t reach heaven by climb­ing a tree, or scal­ing

Jesus is … “The Way” pt 5

Our last dis­cus­sion focused on the road laid down by Jesus for his fol­low­ers who came after him. In this install­ment we will look at these ones, the very first to know and fol­low Jesus’ Way. In order to do so, we will exam­ine some of the ways the

Fruitage of the Spirit — Part 7 “Goodness”

This month we have the oppor­tu­nity to take a look at the qual­ity of “good­ness”, which is the next ele­ment of the fruitage of the Spirit. Through­out Scrip­ture good is con­trasted with evil — some­times in the form of light verses dark­ness. Good rep­re­sents what is bright, moral and vir­tu­ous as opposed the